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Medical apparatus system having optical fiber load sensing capability

  • US 20060200049A1
  • Filed: 09/28/2005
  • Published: 09/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for diagnosis or treatment of a vessel or organ, the apparatus comprising:

  • a deformable body having a distal extremity;

    at least two optical fiber sensors affixed within the distal extremity; and

    processing logic operatively coupled to receive an output of the optical fiber sensors, the processing logic programmed to compute at multi-dimensional force vector corresponding to a contact force between the distal extremity and a tissue wall of the organ or vessel.

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